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Balancing work and solidarity in the Western Democracies
Haskins, Ron - 2010
The capitalist democracies of western Europe and the U.S. have developed extensive social programs, based on the principle of solidarity, that provide assistance to the destitute, the unemployed, the sick, the disabled, and the elderly. Due in part to growing levels of spending on these...
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Economic Perfomance and Work Activity in Sweden after the Crisis of the Early 1990s
Davis, Steven J.; Henrekson, Magnus - 2007
.5 percent below the 1990 peak and a mere one percent above the 1993 trough. Employment rates tell a similar story. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320044
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Unemployment benefits as a search subsidy: New evidence on duration and wage effects of unemployment insurance
Gangl, Markus - 2002
Vergleich sind allenfalls die negativen Dauereffekte der Arbeitslosenversicherung in den USA etwas stärker, während in der …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010303934
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Welfare state stabilization of employment careers: Unenployement benefits and job histories in the United States and West Germany
Gangl, Markus - 2002
effects in both countries. Hence, the effect of unemployment benefits on employment careers is more appropriately described as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010303959
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Differences in US-German time-allocation: Why do Americans work longer hours than Germans?
Schettkat, Ronald - 2002
The conventional view is that Americans work longer hours than Germans and other Europeans but when time in household production is included, overall working time is very similar on both sides of the Atlantic. Americans spend more time on market work but German invest more in household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010303971
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Assessing bias in the estimation of causal effects: Rosenbaum bounds on matching estimators and instrumental variables estimation with imperfect instruments
DiPrete, Thomas A.; Gangl, Markus - 2004
Propensity score matching provides an estimate of the effect of a 'treatment' variable on an outcome variable that is largely free of bias arising from an association between treatment status and observable variables. However, matching methods are not robust against 'hidden bias' arising from...
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Work and pay in flexible and regulated labor markets: A generalized perspective on institutional evolution and inequality trends in Europe and the US
DiPrete, Thomas A.; Goux, Dominique; Maurin, Eric; … - 2003
vorherrscht, dass die Kombination makroökonomi- scher Schocks und flexibler Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen in den USA eine starke Zu … gewachsen als in den USA. Darüber hinaus hätten Entwicklungen auf dem französischen Ar-beitsmarkt dazu geführt, dass sich gering … these same shocks have produced high unemployment and low employment growth in Europe as a side effect of the wage stability …
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This is a migrant's world: Städtische ethnische Arbeitsmärkte am Beispiel New York City
Hillmann, Felicitas - 1997
den USA, dem eigenen Selbstverständnis nach ein Einwanderungsland, wird die Ethnisierung von bestimmten Bereichen des …
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Corporate governance versus economic governance: banks and industrial restructuring in the US and Germany
Vitols, Sigurt - 1995
USA große Industrieunternehmen Anfang der achtziger Jahre ihre auf freiwilliger Basis koordinierten Lohnverhandlungen …
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The origins of bank-based and market-based financial systems: Germany, Japan, and the United States
Vitols, Sigurt - 2001
This paper examines the historical origins of the bank-based financial systems in Germany and Japan and the market-based financial system in the US. It critically examines the "timing of industrialization" (TOI) thesis, i.e. the assertion that variation in the current structure of financial...
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